Gambling; Great Britain -- Social life and customs
FOSTER, NASH, AND CO., 37 Graveney Road, London, S.W.—Another
swindler practising precisely the same trick as J. L. Auckland.
The following are proprietors of illegal racing lotteries whose
operations have been noticed in _Truth_:—
DORMICE AND CO., Middelburg, Holland.—The alias of D.
Mackenzie, proprietor of _Sporting Luck_. Runs racing
sweepstakes in connection with which grave doubts have arisen
as to the genuineness of the alleged distribution of the
principal prizes.
J. H. ADAMS, Middelburg.—In the same line of business as
Dormice and Co.
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BETTING STATISTICS[16]
Monday, October 3, 1904—Nottingham.
---------------------+------------------+-------------+----------+-------
Race. |Predicted Winner. |Won or Lost. | Gain. | Loss.
---------------------+------------------+-------------+----------+-------
Castle Selling Plate | Cricket | Won | £2 10 0 | ..
Bestwood Nursery | Lador | Lost | .. | £1 0 0
Plate | | | |
Lenton Firs Plate | Bicarbonate | Non-Starter | .. | ..
Trent Plate | Matchboard | Lost | .. | 1 0 0
Nottingham Handicap | Whistling Crow | Non-Starter | .. | ..
Rufford Abbey Plate | Queen of the | Lost | .. | 1 0 0
| Lassies | | |
---------------------+------------------+-------------+----------+-------
| | | £2 10 0 | £3 0 0
Tuesday, October 4, 1904—Nottingham.
---------------------+------------------+-------------+----------+-------
Barnby Manor Nursery | Bright Eyes | Lost | .. | £1 0 0
H’cap | | | |
Welbeck Plate | Best Light | Lost | .. | 1 0 0
Sherwood Forest | Golden Measure | Lost | .. | 1 0 0
Nursery Pl’te | | | |
Colwick Park Plate | Ariosto | Lost | .. | 1 0 0
Elvaston Castle | Corunna | Lost | .. | 1 0 0
Plate | | | |
Bentinck Plate | Haresfield | Non-Starter | .. | ..
---------------------+------------------+-------------+----------+-------
| | | | £5 0 0
Wednesday, October 5, 1904—Leicester.
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